Kansas earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 8 km NE of Attica, Kansas

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 8 km NE of Attica, Kansas on Mon, Feb 27, 2017, 2:36 AM CST (08:36 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 10 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-02-27 08:36:40 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.289° N, 98.155° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.0 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
66°
Stations used
89

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 132 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.83 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.76 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.25 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3490 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.70 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.55 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3489 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  10. 1.79 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 2.29 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 2.49 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.83 km E of South Haven, Kansas · 3486 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 3.310 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.210 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.16 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 2.47 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3484 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 2.815 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.87 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 3.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
  22. 2.56 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  23. 2.9Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 2.17 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 1.63 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  27. 2.56 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.45 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 2.05 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 1.85 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 2.25 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  32. 1.812 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.45 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 2.83 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  38. 2.07 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 2.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  42. 2.05 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 2.7Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 3.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 8
  46. 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.74 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3476 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 2.97 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3474 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3473 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  52. 3.110 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3473 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3472 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  54. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3472 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  55. 2.18 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3471 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 2.52 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3471 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.92 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 3.84 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 64
  59. 2.39 km ESE of Clearwater, Kansas · 3465 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 132.

Before

  1. 2.57 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.28 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.512 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.17 km NNE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.66 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.37 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.62 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  10. 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.62 km E of Argonia, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  13. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 1.712 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 2.15 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.66 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.517 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.817 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.66 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away

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